This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about hate crimes. Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about hate crimes, materials in the library catalog about hate crimes, websites relevant to hate crimes, and links to library databases that contain information about hate crimes. Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance.
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms will help with your research about hate crimes:
When searching for books in our library, it is best to remain fairly general, and therefore you would use simple words or phrases.
- hate crimes
- hate groups
- racial violence
- homophobia
- xenophobia
- toleration
When searching in journal databases or on the Internet, you may want to narrow your search by combining more than one term, e.g.:
- racism and violence
- homophobia and murder
- "hate crime" and race
Materials in the Library Catalog about Hate Crimes
We have the following materials in the library catalog about hate crimes:
Websites on Hate Crimes
The following websites will help you with your research on hate crime:
Not in Our Town
PBS sponsored site that provides a "toolkit" for community organizing and a list of PBS productions dealing with hate crime.
PBS sponsored site that provides a "toolkit" for community organizing and a list of PBS productions dealing with hate crime.
Poisoning the Web: Hatred Online
Sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), this site tracks hate sites on the web.
Sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), this site tracks hate sites on the web.
Tolerance.org: A Web Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Provides news on hate crimes, anti-bias training, reviews of "hate sites", etc.
Provides news on hate crimes, anti-bias training, reviews of "hate sites", etc.
United States Department of Justice: Reports and Publications
This site provides statistics as well as a DOJ policy statement.
This site provides statistics as well as a DOJ policy statement.
Library Databases relevant to hate crimes
Paragraph regarding library databases that may contain material relevant to hate crimes. Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles. Please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
National Newspapers (1985- current)
Local, regional and national news coverage from selected newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor.
Local, regional and national news coverage from selected newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides selected full text for many U.S. and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 800 U.S. regional newspapers.
Provides selected full text for many U.S. and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 800 U.S. regional newspapers.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
CountryWatch
Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis.
Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Philosophy and Religion Collection
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, world religions, biblical studies, religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, world religions, biblical studies, religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals.
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